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of Gatsby himself, at least in part. Gatsby is far from a worthless fool like Trimalchio, but he is surrounded by sycophants and o...

affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...

Jazz Age"). Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were a sort of American "royalty," known as much for their "madcap antics as for his wri...

far more refined individual, even if he still slung to some of his impoverished perspectives. For example, he shows his need to sh...

flower, hence the name chosen for her by the author; however, a brightly appealing as she might be on the outside, she harbors the...

In six pages the stories 'Crazy Sunday' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin' by Tenness...

Robert ‘‘Yank'' Smith in The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill and Charlie Wales in Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald...

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

In 5 pages this paper discusses the contrasts between the affluent and the working class drawn by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel...

In five pages this paper discusses how the past is revived in 'Babylon Revisited' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in 'A Rose for Emily'...

has died. Beginning in the third stanza, the poet discusses the death and again addresses the deceased directly. He says the youn...

very influential in his work for he and Zelda essentially lived the exciting lives of the flapper generation of the 1920s. They dr...

certain light. The narrator to tells us that, "Ive heard it said that Daisys murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an ir...

pursues a materialistic dream that is draped in romantic expectation. Nick comes to feel that Gatsbys misplaced idealism and roman...

just get the story out. In fact, many novelists and short story writers are storytellers. They simply tell a story. That is all th...

many argue saw the true beginning of a consumeristic culture as the American Dream turned to one of material wealth as a sign of s...

recognized and encouraged Fitzs literary talents, anything outside that parameter was not worth his time, attention or study, unle...

calls friends. In particular, is his pursuit of Daisy. Why Daisy, one might ask? Simple. She was the symbol of landed wealth, of t...

so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eyes of others. T...

the foundation of the past that Jay will always try to defy. In essence, as he grows he tries to make money, become powerful, and ...

each other often about literary topics as well as the war (Tender is the Night). It was during this time in France that Fitzger...

they have somehow missed the spiritual dimension which they purport to seek, and have been sidetracked instead into seeing materia...

personal look at the 1920s and the liberal changes taking place. A Decade of Change "The changes wrought in the United States ...

attended but did not graduate from Princeton University. While at Princeton however, Fitzgerald was first exposed to the exceeding...

respectively. He did perhaps change his ideology over time and student writing on this subject might say that he had softened his ...

about, while assessing the characters he meets. In this respect both narrators must take into consideration the past lives of the ...

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

the 1920s turned to the American Dream we know today, which involves the assumption that if we work hard we can have wealth, and w...

his aristocratic persona was largely manufactured, because although Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald had some illustrious ancestors, i...

ever written. F. Scott Fitzgeralds portrait of Jay Gatsby resonates with almost every reader because he is so human in his hopes a...